Understanding Government Information: A Teaching Strategy Toolkit for Grades 7–12

This book demonstrates how government information can be used to engage students through inquiry and project-based activities, thereby providing opportunities for creative investigation and discovery.• Supplies curated lists of free theme-based government sources• Provides examples of strategies and lesson plans recommended for using government documents, artifacts, images, and data• Includes highlighted lesson plans for use in secondary school curriculum as created by agency educators• Suggests unique and thought-provoking primary sources and activities that can be used to motivate, captivate, and inspire student engagement• Discusses the inquiry, research, and question-building processes as well as tips for web searching for government information using Google or other browsers